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1 International Arbitration in the South China Sea Figure 1: Claims made by various South Asian Nations on maritime structures in the SCS. Source: The New York Times International Arbitration The South China Sea (SCS) has always been of fundamental importance to Southeast Asian nations, as well as to the rest of nations because of its intricate ties to resources throughout global markets; its compromised security and contradicting claims concern both sovereign states such as the People s Republic of China, the Republic of the Philippines, the Nation of Brunei, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the general international community. The current inflammation of long-lasting territorial tensions that date back centuries dispute was held primarily between China and the Philippines over the legality of the nine-dash line (See Figure 1 in red) that encompasses a large portion of significant

2 maritime islands (See Figure 1 in yellow and red). However, the most recent dispute between the PRC and the Philippines demonstrates a larger issue in the grander scheme of international arbitration framework for these nations, and exposes large gaps in the power of the international community s ability to mediate and act in attempts to de-escalate maritime conflict in multiclaimant, resource-rich regions. This addendum attempts to outline the various arbitration courts and methodologies of the international community in order to better illuminate how the Security Council might take action considering the legal complexity of the topic at hand. UNCLOS: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a readily-available framework for this arbitration effort, as it was approved by both Philippines and China in 1982 and 1996 respectively, and its various bodies have been used to create arbitration tribunals since ITLOS: The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Annex VI of UNCLOS created the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) as the primary method of arbitration for matters falling under the jurisdiction of the legislation of the Convention. Section 2.21 states that the jurisdiction of the Tribunal comprises all disputes and all applications submitted to it in accordance with this Convention and all matters specifically provided for in any other agreement which confers jurisdiction on the Tribunal and allows the tribunal to decide upon cases ex aequo et bono, or according to what is just and fair, according to Article 293. Thus, any matter specified under the Convention can be arbitrated upon in accordance to any state that has ratified UNCLOS, with or without that state s explicit

3 permission. ITLOS is not, however, a United Nations body and, as a result, does not have the same authority that a UN committee would have even if the final award is designated as being legally binding to parties involved. ITLOS meets in the city of Hamburg and has done so since A chamber in the conference is composed of eleven judges, with at least seven required to constitute a quorum chambers include the Chamber of Summary Procedure, Chamber of Fishery Disputes, Chamber for Marine Environmental Disputes, and the Chamber for Marine Delimitation Disputes, and Chamber under Article 15.2 under the Convention to deal with more specific disputes. ICJ: International Court of Justice However, UNCLOS does not limit settlement options to just ITLOS; the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague remains another method for international arbitration. Rather than being an instrument created by the Convention, the ICJ was created by the UN Charter in 1945 and has the purpose of settling [...] legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies. It consists of three types chambers: the Chamber of Summary Procedure, an open chamber comprised of at least three judges to deal with specific cases under Article 26.1 of the Statute, and chambers derived from Article 26.2 of the Statute. The jurisdiction of the ICJ involves any legal dispute concerning international law and sees to them in a peaceful manner; however, only recognized sovereign states are allowed to convene before the court. International organizations or private persons cannot settle disputes at the ICJ (not to be confused by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which deals with crimes against humanity, war crimes, etc. and is legally authorized by the Rome Statute rather than the

4 UN Charter). By being a standing body of the UN, the ICJ has unprecedented discretion for a number of international cases, and its binding decisions are more commonly respected in the international community, which is something not seen as often in the ITLOS tribunal. The binding nature of these decisions is set by Article 94 of the UN Charter, which states that if any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the [ICJ], the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment. Other methods for arbitration in accord with the UNCLOS are described in the legislation but are not independent standing bodies of their own, rather, they are created to resolve individual disputes in accordance with Annexes VII and VIII and are described later. Philippines v. China The need for international tribunals comes from China s claim to a vast swath of the SCS and its encompassed isles. This claim is mostly grounded upon a first-come-first-serve and historic basis; it claims to be the first to discover, name, explore, and exploit the resources of these islands, as well as the first to continually exercise sovereign powers over them according to China s Minister of Foreign Affairs position paper on the arbitration. Most statements also reference the fact that Philippine law had set clear borders for the Philippines prior to the 1970s as those surrounding the area ceded to the United States and the Kingdom of Spain in the Treaty of Paris. The Philippines started arbitral proceedings as described under Annex VII of the Convention in January 2013 with the purpose of facilitating the settlement of disputes

5 concerning the interpretation and application of the [UNCLOS] convention in its Notification and Statement of Claim (NSC). However, China soon responded with a Note Verbale - an unsigned, informal note of opinion - that dismissed the Arbitral Tribunal as lacking jurisdiction in this case, instead calling for bilateral negotiations in the spirit of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), particularly to resolve their territorial and jurisdictional disputes by peaceful means [and,...] through friendly consultations and negotiations by sovereign states directly concerned, and that the Philippines has breached its obligation under the DOC. China later claims that the issue was beyond the scope of the Convention and does not concern the interpretation or application of the Convention in both its formal position papers and case of arbitration. The arbitration effort between China and the Philippines was based upon both countries having previously signed off on UNCLOS, and therefore were subject to a compulsory dispute settlement under Part XV. Part XV states that if simple bilateral talks fail, the primary alternatives for peaceful arbitration include (a) the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), (b) the International Court of Justice (ICJ), (c) an arbitral tribunal specified under Annex VII, and/or (d) a special arbitral tribunal specified under Annex VIII. All of these options have legal jurisdiction to decide upon the interpretation of any matter related to the purposes of the Convention, as stated by Article 288 of UNCLOS, and arguably could have decided upon the territorial claims of the SCS dispute. However, neither China nor the Philippines specified one or more of the four options listed above, so the arbitration of choice defaulted to choice (c) under clause (5) of Article 287. Therefore, the ITLOS was no longer an option for this debate, and an arbitral tribunal described under Annex VII was created.

6 The tribunal described by this Annex is a relatively strong foundation to build upon; in Article 3 it describes the judiciary as comprised of five members, one of which is chosen by one party, another by the other party, and the final three chosen in conjunction between both parties. It also describes the procedure for filling vacancies in these positions, and the procedure necessary for the case where one party fails to appoint a judge, in which case the President will appoint one in standing; it also considers the expenses of the tribunal to be paid by both parties equally in Article 7. However, the tribunal under Annex VII remains a very surface-level description and leaves specifics, like parliamentary procedure (Article 5) and the duties of a party under the dispute (Article 6) to interpretation. Here, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is needed to provide administrative services [...] conducting arbitral proceedings under the PCA s auspices, according to their website. The PCA isn t a court in the traditional sense, but rather a framework for arbitral tribunals to be held upon. It was created in 1899 by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes in The Hague and is bound to stay in accordance with the rules of procedure inserted in the present [normative] Convention. The PCA has a premade set of procedural rules that the hearing in 2015 used and have dealt with all Annex VII cases except one. However, as stated before, the PCA is not responsible for the actual decision making process under this tribunal; they simply facilitate the arbitration during the proceedings. The Decision In July 2016, the UNCLOS tribunal awarded in favor of Philippines and stated that China s claim to the majority of the SCS on a historic basis was unfounded under the UNCLOS, and it also set individual categorizations of the various maritime structures in the SCS as either

7 rocks, islands, or man-made islands (such as those within the Spratly and Paracel islands) under UNCLOS standards by amplifying the meaning of Article 121.3, and therefore created specific entitlements for various structures to have a 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and a 12 nautical mile territorial zone, the territories highlighted in orange in Figure 1 claimed by the Philippines were put under heavy scrutiny during this process. The court also analyzed China s lack of environmental responsibility on its various territories. This award did not, however, infringe upon the limits of jurisdiction that China claimed it would have; namely, it did not deal with issues of territorial sovereignty and maritime delimitation, both of which are not within the jurisdiction of this arbitral tribunal anyway. China repeatedly stated that it did not consent to a third party impartial arbitration of these topics, and therefore denounced this tribunal as extrajudicial. As this tribunal did not delve into these topics, and China had already agreed upon the arbitral process of disputes described under UNCLOS when it signed the Convention, the PCA tribunal was justified thus it is also binding. China also claims that the tribunal was created before bilateral talks could be initiated between it and the Philippines, stating that the tribunal disregarded the fact that none of the preconditions for starting the arbitration had been met and forged ahead with the case, according to the Ambassador of the PRC to the United Kingdom. However, under Article a.i of the Convention, which describes the optional exceptions to the applicability of Section 2, the Philippines, for those disputes [...] involving historic bays or titles, shall [...] accept into conciliation under Annex V, Section 2. This conciliation includes the requisite bilateral talks before deferring to any of the four alternate methods described in Section 2; therefore, the Philippines is justified in simply using the Hague s ruling in the matter.

8 However, the UNCLOS tribunal ruling, facilitated by the PCA, is not a UN body or agency; rather, three of the four options presented by Part XV of the Convention create tribunals separate from the UN (the ICJ being the exception), and though they all create binding agreements for parties under dispute, this binding power only reaches as far as the power of the UNCLOS itself, which remains to be ratified by a large amount of countries, namely the US. It is unlikely that this decision in Hague will alleviate all tensions in the SCS, largely from China s vehement refusal to accept the PCA s jurisdiction in this case. The PCA s decisions are less powerful than an analogous court, such as the ICJ, as it does not have a statute equivalent to the ICJ s Article. However, bilateral talks have resumed between the Philippines and China as means of ameliorating the situation and because of the sensitivity of the situation, the best recourse for fully-binding international action must come from a UN body, namely the Security Council. Where and how the Security Council will leverage its strengths and powers given the stage of these courts of arbitration and international legal frameworks and current politics is a truly daunting strategic quandary.

9 Questions to Consider: 1) Considering the supposedly binding nature of the Philippines vs. China decision, what happens when international bodies and frameworks built for governance become muted by the nations that comprise and construct them? 2) How might the Security Council utilize its methods and means of facilitating nations to act in accordance of arbitrations? Are these frameworks even viable in the schema in which the conflicts are currently developing? 3) Where is the balance point between multi-party and bilateral arbitration in conflicts as regional and global as the South China Sea, where negotiations between individual agents will indubitably ripple far beyond the closed doors behind which agreements are made? 4) Understanding the current stance of the Philippines and Duterte s lack of desire to pursue the case decision in ASEAN talks, how can the Security Council help to rectify, alter, and justify the polarizability and temperamental nature of how the law is being leveraged by nations to ultimately decrease tensions?

10 Works Cited United Nations. Conference on the Law of the Sea. United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea. By United Nations. Geneva: United Nations, Documentcloud.org. Document Cloud. Web. 12 Nov < unclos-e.html>. Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines. Notification and Statement of Claim. Proc. of Arbitration on the South China Sea, Hague. Republic of the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs Documentcloud.org. Document Cloud, 22 Jan Web. 12 Nov < Permanent Court of Arbitration. PCA Press Release. Proc. of Arbitration on the South China Sea, Hague. Hague: Permanent Court of Arbitration, Documentcloud.org. Document Cloud. Web. 11 Nov < phl-prc-press-release.html>. People's Republic of China. Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of the Philippines. Note Verbale (13) PG-039. By People's Republic of China. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Documentcloud.org. Document Cloud, 19 Feb Web. 12 Nov < Xiaoming, Liu. "China's Perspective on the South China Sea Verdict." Chatham House, London. 25 Jan Chathamhouse.org. Web. 12 Nov < China-Sea-Arbitration.pdf>.

11 United Nations. Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Proc. of United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Geneva. Itlos.org. ITLOS. Web. 12 Nov <

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